***Official St. Louis Cardinals Thread***

[swiacy]

They need to bite the bullet and DFA of Mikolas and either trade or do the same to Fedde. Fedde comes off the books at the end of the year, move him now, and Mikolas was a horrible signing, just eat the money and throw out the young kids and have them learn and make mistakes now, that will pay off down the road.
Anyone that thinks this is a team capable of doing any more than eking into the wildcard round is fooling themselves, Keep playing the young player, the goal is to win in 26/27, do not lose sight of that goal.

I have never understood what the point of keeping Mikolas around the past 2 years, he’s throwing BP out there. Fedde can’t get the ball by anybody and doesn’t throw strikes that qualify as BP. Donovan, Burleson, Wynn and Contreras are the core. If ownership wants to make a statement to the young players and try to take a Wildcard shot, bring up McGreevy and try to package Fedde with a player that actually has trade value for a starter. I don’t think Mikolas has trade value. Why sign Hampton, do we have no MLB talent in Triple A?

 

[Kaner04]

They need to bite the bullet and DFA of Mikolas and either trade or do the same to Fedde. Fedde comes off the books at the end of the year, move him now, and Mikolas was a horrible signing, just eat the money and throw out the young kids and have them learn and make mistakes now, that will pay off down the road.
Anyone that thinks this is a team capable of doing any more than eking into the wildcard round is fooling themselves, Keep playing the young player, the goal is to win in 26/27, do not lose sight of that goal.

They’ve given Pallante and Libby the runway they were promoting for younger players. It’s time for McGreevy to get his overdue runway.

 

[CyCrazy]

Mikolas and Fedde make me physically ill to watch them. I get why they kept them around at the beginning of the season because of depth concerns. But now that the team is contending for a wild card they can’t continue to throw them out there. And I generally think Marmol does a good job but having Mikolas and Fedde start 3 out of the 7 games against the Cubs and Gray not getting a single start is idiotice

It needs to be done but last I checked they still have the same management and owners. So you are basically pissing up a pole. Good luck.

 

[Kaner04]

 

[Kaner04]

I have never understood what the point of keeping Mikolas around the past 2 years, he’s throwing BP out there. Fedde can’t get the ball by anybody and doesn’t throw strikes that qualify as BP. Donovan, Burleson, Wynn and Contreras are the core. If ownership wants to make a statement to the young players and try to take a Wildcard shot, bring up McGreevy and try to package Fedde with a player that actually has trade value for a starter. I don’t think Mikolas has trade value. Why sign Hampton, do we have no MLB talent in Triple A?

Mikolas is example #1 of a sunk cost fallacy. Ownership is too proud to admit that it was a terrible extension given out. Hampson is the 26th man and I get he provided infield and outfield depth. But he can’t be starting 3 days a week. If Marmol is gonna do that then it has to be somebody better. They have Prieto, a versatile infielder and Church and glove first OF who’s having a great season at the plate across AA and AAA. They have better options and I don’t know why they keep trotting out these crap 26th men 3 times a week

 

[CyCrazy]

Those are good stats right? jfc

 

[swiacy]

I’ll probably have this statement revisited if the Cards turn it around this year but I can’t remember when they’ve not been competitive. Tonight isn’t a rarity, they’ve had other days like this. If Mozeliak had any honor, he’d quietly step down during the All-Star break and let the new guy deal with the corpse.

 

[throwittoblythe]

I’ll probably have this statement revisited if the Cards turn it around this year but I can’t remember when they’ve not been competitive. Tonight isn’t a rarity, they’ve had other days like this. If Mozeliak had any honor, he’d quietly step down during the All-Star break and let the new guy deal with the corpse.

I posted this earlier in the thread and it's continued to be true. I have paid basically zero attention to the Cards this year. I think we caught one or two innings on ESPN one night in May. Otherwise, I haven't watched anything on TV nor have I watched any highlights online.

My stepdad is a huge baseball fan. It's how we bonded when I was growing up. I talk to him every week and he says "how are the Cards doing?" And I have to tell him "I'm not joking when I say I have no idea. They could be 50-0 or 0-50 and I wouldn't have a clue. I can't name 6 players on the roster if I had to. I have no idea if they're in first or last place."

I'm pretty much checked out as an MLB fan. I'd rather focus on football and college basketball. Baseball has lost me. (end rant)